Hi,

I'm trying to fill the upper grill slot on the front bumper because I like the grill delete look. I'm thinking that I will fill it with bondo, sand, primer, paint, clear. I don't want to paint the entire bumper, just the bondo part. Do you guys have any advice on how to paint? Does the dealership have pepper white spray can?

 

I did a thread on it some time back.

You will need to clear coat the surface but if you intend on only doing the area filled, a lot of taping is involved. And may not look so great.

The GP models have some sort of body piece that snaps/bolts into the area I think. Would be cool if SOME VENDOR here made a bolt in piece which could be painted OEM Body color.....Like VOLTAGE Products maybe

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ody-parts.html

 

If you were to fill that entire area with body filler, the first bump would crack it all out. You need to do some cutting and molding with sheet plastic before using any sort of filler. If you need to fill an area with more than a 1/16" thick of filler, your doing it wrong.

 

So should I cut out a plastic sheet the shape of the area and then fill it with the bondo?

I can hold the plastic sheet onto the area by a screw or auto sealant/glue and then fill it with bondo.

Do you think this will work?

 

Im with Rick on this one. You need a piece of plastic, at least 1/8" thick the shape of the grille and glue it in place. Then maybe Bondo might work, although it is very brittle once set and will crack easily. I'd suggest a body shop as they have all the best stuff to do this, but it might be possible to DIY...
Regardless I think you'll have to paint the whole bumper. GrayRaven's idea is cool--and would look pretty good from 10ft away, or driving down the freeway!

 

Or fiberglass. It won't be as fragile as bondo, but easier to use in a DIY project. If you don't want to tackle it, then the money spent for a professional is well worth it.

 

luvlee,
Bondo and hard plastics will not work on a urethane bumper. If you can get a piece of old bumper material to fill the gap you can glue or weld it into place. This Youtube video [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTY_OpX3dvQ ]shows how to fix a bumper with an airless welder. 3M also makes urethane compatible adhsives and fillers which could be less than buying the welder.

 

+1 for this, I filled in a gap in an old Pontiac and to this day no problems.

 

Here's the result!

I had pieces of urethane bumper cut and glued into the slot and fill the rest of 1/8 inch gap with bondo-glass. Then I took the bumper to the bodyshop who smoothed and painted the entire bumper for me.

I have to be extra careful when parking because the fiberglass will crack if I get hit hard enough.

Nevertheless, I love the look!

I've been wanting to finish up the look with some stripes. What do you guys think would best on this? Or should I leave it without stripes?

 

Looks nice, great job. As far as stripes or not, I would take some good pics of the car and see if I could find a photoshop wiz to add some stripes for you so you could see how it looks before doing a whole bunch of work that may result in something you dont like.